Noticeboard Archive for 31 January 2012

Volunteer Preparation Course

We will be holding a new preparation course for volunteers starting on Wednesday  22 February and will run every Wednesday from 10am to 2pm during term time 25 April.  Our volunteers support families with young children at home and provide non-judgemental practical and emotional support and help build the family’s confidence and ability to cope.

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Action Learning for Active Citizens

Looking for a chance to increase your effectiveness as an ‘active citizen’? Or, do you know someone else who is looking for such an opportunity?   The Fred Edwards Trust is offering a free personal development opportunity to individuals of all ages who are seeking to bring about change in their life or work. Our

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Music Makers

Music Makers is calling you out to join the South West Collection Crewe. Its made up of young artists and musicians that have written and recorded their own tracks.   WHALE Arts Centre is now hosting the crewe every week to hone their skills in; DJ, singing, rap, beat box, lyrics, instruments, using the holiday’s to lay down new

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Storytelling for early years and children with additional support needs

Saturday 4th February, 10am-4pm Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR     A day-long CPD workshop for teachers, classroom assistants, play workers, parents, carers and storytellers working with early years and children with additional support needs. Over the past year storyteller and puppeteer Ailie Finlay has developed her practice with children with

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Substance Misuse the Facts – FREE Half Day Course

Edinburgh Alcohol and Drug Partnership is again supporting STRADA (Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol) to deliver alcohol and drug awareness training in the city, targeted at staff and volunteers who may come in contact with people who present with substance misuse issues.  ‘Substance Misuse the Facts” a half day course that will be delivered on Tuesday 14

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FREE dance training programme

We’re running a programme of teacher training sessions at the start of 2012 to give our Free To Dance Edinburgh project partners the skills, Knowledge and confidence to teach dance to the young women they work with. Book to come to 1, 2, 3 or all of the sessions – it’s up to you!   Thursday 9

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Edinburgh Community Energy Cooperative

Is your building costing a fortune to heat? Is it sometimes cold or damp?   FREE, local, impartial and expert help is available through the Edinburgh Community Energy Co-operative (ECEC) and the Energy Saving Trust.<

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January Funding Newsflash

January Funding Newsflash from Edinburgh Council about sources of funding available

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Equality and Human Rights Performance Framework for the Third Sector

Does your organisation have experience of the benefits and challenges of mainstreaming equality and human rights? If so then your input to the development of a draft Equality and Human Rights Performance Framework for the Third Sector would be invaluable and we would like to invite you to one of the three focus group meetings

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Workshop on risk in adult support and protection

On 15th March at the Trades Hall in Glasgow, IRISS will hold a workshop entitled, Bringing together perspectives on risk to promote participation in adult support and protection

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